NBA: Ranking the last 10 NBA Draft classes
By Nate Friesen
7. 2017
This is another very interesting draft. Although these guys are only in their 3rd NBA season, I think for the most part we know what these guys are with few exceptions. The best players to come out of this draft are easily Jayson Tatum (3rd), De’Aaron Fox (5th) and Donovan Mitchell (13th).
In addition to those three future all-stars, this draft had some really good players including Bam Adebayo (14th) who could be an all-star this season and Jonathan Isaac (4th) who looks like a potential DPOY candidate.
Not to mention a lot of really solid looking role players such as Lonzo Ball (2nd), Lauri Markkanen (7th), Frank Ntilikina (8th), Dennis Smith (9th), Zach Collins (10th), Malik Monk (11th), Luke Kennard (12th), John Collins (19th), Jarrett Allen (22nd), OG Anunoby (23rd), Kyle Kuzma (27th), Derrick White (29th), Josh Hart (30th), Thomas Bryant (42nd) and Dillon Brooks (45th).
Some of the worst picks of this draft, however, include Josh Jackson (4th), Justin Patton (16th), T.J. Leaf (18th), Tyler Lydon (24th) and Anžejs Pasečniks (25th). Although, it is still early and these guys have lots of time to turn into legitimate NBA rotation players.
I believe this draft has the potential to move up the rankings in the future especially with the question mark that still is the former first overall pick, Markelle Fultz.